Master's Theses Collection, 1894-2010
Graduate work in a formal sense emerged at Princeton in the 1870s when President James McCosh added new faculty and graduate fellowships. This collection consists of theses submitted toward the fulfillment of requirements for master's degrees at Princeton University.
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Matthew L. Davis Memoirs of Aaron Burr Research Files, circa 1830
Consists of material Matthew L. Davis (1773-1850) kept while researching his Memoirs of Aaron Burr (New York: Harpers & Bros., 1837).
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Meade Minnigerode Collection on The Terror of Peru, 1940
Consists of the typed manuscript and galley proofs of the novel The Terror of Peru by the American biographer and historical novelist Meade Minnigerode.
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Men's Track & Field and Cross Country Materials, 1950-2014
The Men's Track Field and Cross Country Materials subseries contains rosters, meet schedules, programs, score cards, results, clippings and press releases related to Princeton Men's Track Field and Cross Country.
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Mildred Harford Correspondence with Lana Peters (Svetlana Alliluyeva), 1973-2007
This collection contains letters, cards, photographs and clippings from Lana Peters (Svetlana Alliluyeva) to her friend Mildred Harford. After defecting from the Soviet Union, Peters lived a transitory life in the United States, at one point denouncing the west and returning to the USSR, and eventually retunring to the United States, where she died in 2011.
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Military Justice, 1845-1875
Disciplinary laws and regulations on desertion, organization of military courts, etc.
Military Justice, undated
Trials of officers and soldiers for corruption, abuse of power, desertion, drunkenness, etc.
Military Organization, 1845-1876
Salaries, pensions, retirement, periods of service, recruitment, promotion, medals and prizes, losses, administrative districts, etc.
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Senior Council Records, 1915-1926
The Senior Council was an undergraduate student government organization that existed at Princeton University from 1905 to 1927. The collection documents the activities of the Senior Council. Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, pamphlets, and by-laws.
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The Life and Writings of James Wilson (1742-1798), by Burton Alva Konkle, 1946
Consists of an unpublished manuscript by history professor Burton Alva Konkle on the American Revolutionary activist and Supreme Court Justice, James Wilson.
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Moses Hadas Photographs of Greece, 1944-1946
Consists of photographs (ca. 1944-1946) of Greece and Greek partisans taken by classical scholar Moses Hadas.
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Mississippi Territory, 1802 November
Writ ordering Nehimiah Carter to appear before the Court of Equity for the Adams District, in the Courthouse in the City of Natchez, in order to answer questions in the legal brought against him by Nathaniel Tomlinson and his wife Elisabeth. Autograph document.
Mississippi Territory, 1811 January 1
Document appointing William Johnson as Collector of the Territorial Taxes in the County of Wilkinson for the year 1811. Signed by David Holmes, Governor of Mississippi Territory in the town of Washington. David Holmes later became Governor of the State of Mississippi. Contains autograph note on verso by William Johnson, April 23, 1811. Affixed with Territorial seal.
Mississippi Territory, 1812 March 27
Writ ordering John Robertson of Claiborne County to appear in the Supreme Court of Chancery in the Town of Washington to answer a bill in Chancery presented against him by George Overaker. Attested by Theodore Stark, clerk.
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Monastery of Hosios Loukas in Voiōtia (interior view), 1901-1999
One photomechanical reproduction (36 x 25.2 cm.); photographer's signature at the lower left corner outside the image: "P. Geralēs."
Panos Geralēs Photographs Collection, 1901-1999
Consists of an open collection of photographs by Geralēs.
Pharm in Mesogeia, 1901-1999
One photomechanical reproduction (16.5 x 24.7 cm.); photographer's signature at the lower right corner of the image: "P. Geralēs."
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"À mon meilleur ami", 1820-1822
Includes descriptions of the following travels: Le Havre to Wright Island, United Kingdom, aboard Minerve, September-October 1820; Le Havre to Désirade Island, Guadeloupe, aboard Minerve, November 21, 1820-March 26, 1821, back on the Moselle; Le Havre to Baía de São Marcos, Brazil, aboard Saint Louis, September 8, 1821- March 5, 1822. (51 leaves).
Travel Journals on French Trade and Slavery in the Indian Ocean, 1820-1826
Consists of two journals kept by an anonymous sailor detailing French voyages to the Indian Ocean, Southeast Africa, Indonesia, the Caribbean, and South America in the early 1820s. Entries document illegal trafficking by the French of enslaved persons from Indonesia and Southeast Africa to Île Bourbon (now Réunion), trade in livestock and foodstuffs in South America and the Caribbean, and life on board the ships.
"Voyage à la Guadeloupe", 1822-1826
Includes descriptions of the following travels: Le Havre to Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, aboard Aimable Eulalie (owned by Feray), April 28-September 5, 1822 (as lieutenant); Euridice under Captain Le Coq as lieutenant: Crach, France, to Ensenada, Argentina, December 29, 1822-April 14, 1823; Saint Denis, Île Bourbon arrives June 16, 1823; Saint Louis , Île de France (Mauritius Island) arrives June 24, 1823; Saint Denis, Île Bourbon; Toamasina, Madagascar, arrives July 13, 1823; Saint-Paul, Île Bourbon, arrives August 1, 1823; Toamasina to Anjouan (Comoros Islands), September 22, 1823; Anjouan to Mohéli, leaves October 22, 1823; Between October 22 and December 23 1823: East Coast of Africa and Islands, including Makaloé, Miquindamy (Mikindani, Tanzania), Tanguy (Tanga, Tanzania) and Misimboua (Mocimboa da Praia, Mozambique); Misimboua to Oïbe Island (Ibo, Mozambique) December 15, 1823-March 7, 1824; Oïbe to Île Bourbon (with stop in Madagascar), March 7-April 26, 1824; Île Bourbon to Bali (Indonesia), May 16–October 7, 1824; Stops on several islands and arrives in Timor, Indonesia, October 31; Dili (Timor) – Île Bourbon, November 19–December 24, 1824; Summary of trades in Madagascar (rice), Seychelles (coconuts for Île Bourbon plantation), stay in Mauritius, 1825-June 14, 1826. (38 leaves, with 3 inset leaves).
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M. Roberts Yaquis photographs collection, 1909
Consists of 12 silver gelatin photographs (8 measuring 8x10 inches; 4 measuring 5x7 inches) of the Yaquis extermination by M. Roberts of Hermosilla, some with manuscript notations on the verso.
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William A. Prickitt Papers Related to Company G of the 25th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, 1864-1869
Consists of a group of military records collected by Captain William A. Prickitt (1839-1929) documenting the daily operations of African American soldiers in Company G of the United States Colored Infantry's 25th Regiment during the final year of the American Civil War.
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"Myself and Others" by Alexander Brook, 1979
Consists of a Xerox copy of a typed manuscript of "Myself and Others," the unpublished autobiography of Brook, containing many observations on the art world of the 1920s and 1930s.
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Nassau Hall War Memorial records, 1946-1950
In 1946 the University unveiled a memorial to those students who had been lost during the Second World War in Nassau Hall. The records document the planning and execution of the memorial including pictures, preliminary lists of honorees, correspondence with parents and campus groups, and programs from the memorial's unveiling ceremony.
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Nathan Kantrowitz Tokyo War Crimes Trials Photographs, 1946-1947
140 b/w negatives as well as prints of the International Military Tribunal of the Far East taken by Nathan Kantrowitz of the Army photography unit, 1946-1947. The April 2009 Accrual contains prints and negatives of the Lower East Side and Little Italy, Manhattan, 1947.
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New Jersey Board of University Extension Records, 1914-1916
The New Jersey Board of University Extension was proposed in 1915 by Princeton president John Grier Hibben to formulate a strategy for the coordination of the university extension programs of the various colleges in the New Jersey area. The records consist of organizational materials pertaining to the formation of the Board as well as plans and conference minutes. Also included are letters from conference invitees, indicating their intentions to attend.
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Newspaper Clipping on the Death of Robert S. Browne, 1904
"Sad Intelligence. Robert S. Browne Drowned in Alaska."
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Nicola Fergola Papers, 1769-1824
Consists of approximately 90 items relating to the Neopolitan mathematics professor Nicola Fergola.
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Pliny Papers of J. H. Westcott, 1895-1902
Consists of manuscript material used in the preparation of Selected Letters of Pliny (1898), edited by Princeton classics professor J. H. Westcott.
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Notes of James Lawson Norris on Woodrow Wilson Lectures, 1897-1899
Consists of six notebooks (1897-1899) of James Lawson Norris (Princeton Class of 1899) containing notes on lectures in jurisprudence, constitutional law, and English common law delivered by Woodrow Wilson in his courses at Princeton.
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Office of Population Research Newsletters and Annual Reports, 1975-2007
The Office of Population Research (OPR) at Princeton University, founded in 1936, is one of the nation's oldest demographic research and training centers. The collection contains newsletters and annual reports published by the Office of Population Research.
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Oliver Stromberg Collection of William Beebe Book Collecting Files, 1912-1993
Materials collected by book collector Oliver Stromberg in preparation to write a book on American naturalist and explorer, William Beebe. Collection primarily consists of orders, invoices, book catalogs, and correspondence from booksellers.
Stromberg Working File on Beebe, 1925-1993
Consists of correspondence, photocopies, and clippings collected by Stromberg related to William Beebe. Includes a photocopy of The Princeton University Library Needs bulletin which lists several books acquired by Princeton from Beebe's collection, and one of Beebe's personal bookplates.
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Reinaldo Arenas Letters to Jorge and Margarita Camacho, 1967-2000
Consists of 136 letters sent by Reinaldo Arenas to Margarita and Jorge Camacho. Also contains 35 letters by Arenas' mother, Oneida Fuentes, to Margarita and Jorge Camacho.
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Organization of Women Leaders records, 2000-2001
The Organization of Women Leaders(OWL) is a student-founded, student-run non-profit organization at Princeton University dedicated to the discussion of issues affecting women on campus, in local communities, and worldwide. The records consist of organizational materials documenting the inaugural year of the Organization of Women Leaders.
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Osmond K. Fraenkel Diaries, 1933-1968
This collection contains excerpts from the diaries of Osmond K. Fraenkel, a New York City lawyer who served on the ACLU's Board of Directors and as one of its general counsel. These excerpts discuss the cases in which Fraenkel was involved.
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Princeton Student Aid Association records, 1866-1932
The Student Aid Association was formed in 1866 as the Princeton Charitable Institution by a group of trustees and faculty for the purpose of furnishing needy beneficiaries with the housing, textbooks, and other material items necessary for a collegiate education. The records contain the minutes, financial records, by-laws, and correspondence of the Princeton Student Aid Association and its predecessor, the Princeton Charitable Institution.
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Owen W. and Janet K. Roberts Papers, 1955-1991
The Owen W. and Janet K. Roberts Papers document the Roberts' time in Cairo, the Congo and Nigeria while Owen Roberts was a member of the Foreign Service.
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Simon Hastings by F. M. Tibbott, 1942
Consists of a draft of author F. M. Tibbot's novel Simon Hastings (1942).
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Robert B. Klausner Papers on Bill Bradley's Presidential Campaign, 1998-2000
Robert B. Klausner (1926-2016) was a political activist who supported Bill Bradley's bid for president in 2000. The collection consists of Robert B. Klausner's records related to the overall finances of Bill Bradley's 2000 presidential campaign and fundraising events and strategies in California.
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Paul R. Sweet Papers, 1943-1999
Paul R. Sweet (1907-2003) was a political intelligence officer for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in the Research and Analysis (R and A) branch during World War II. He later worked for the U.S. State Department and was a history professor. This collection documents Sweet's professional life, especially his service in the OSS and his teaching career. The collection also contains family correspondence.
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Paul Shimada Papers, 1942-1943
Consists primarily of correspondence to Kiyoshi Paul Shimada, a Japanese American farmer from Lodi, California, while he was incarcerated at the Rohwer War Relocation Center along with his family from 1942-1943. There are also photographic prints and negatives, as well as receipts from a store in Arkansas.
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Pearce Family Collection, 1802-1917 (mostly 1820-1863)
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Consists of selected correspondence and other material of members of the Pearce family of Maryland.
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Philadelphia Navy Yard Collection, 1831-1865
Consists chiefly of official correspondence and a few documents related to the operations of the Philadelphia Navy Yard starting in the 1830s and leading up to the Civil War.
Series 1: U.S. Navy Department: General, 1837-1853
Consists of general files for the U.S. Navy Department from 1837-1853.
Series 2: U.S. Navy Department: Navy Commissioner's Office, 1831 March 4-1847 March 19
Consists of papers of the Navy Commissioner's Office of the U.S. Navy Dept. from 1831-1847.
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Philip Ober Papers, 1982-1983
Philip Ober was a member of the Princeton University Class of 1923. The papers contain color photographs of Ober, his wife, and Elizabeth Taylor; newspaper clippings describing Ober's work to free American prisoners in a Mexican jail; and obituaries and letters of condolences sent to his wife.
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Philippos Margaritēs photographs collection, 1854
Philippos Margaritēs studied painting in Rome and taught drawing in Athens. Around 1846 he met Philibert Perraud in Athens, where Perraud taught him photography. Margaritēs thereafter established the first photography studio in Greece, based out of his house, where he photographed Athens' high society. He was active as a photographer from the early 1850s until around 1863. Margaritēs specialized in portraits and topographical views. He was believed to have taught his drawing students about the principles of photography, but he did not instruct them in the practical darkroom techniques. In addition to daguerreotypes, Margaritēs produced salt prints and albumen prints and also made cartes-de-visite [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1739]. Consists of an open collection of photographs by Greece's first professional photographer, Philippos Margaritēs.
[The Parthenon], 1854
Consists of one photograph (20.6 x 27.6 cm.) mounted on card board. Salt print (possibly slightly albumenized) from a glass negative; photographer's stamp in French on the mount.
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Thomas Maxwell Henry Translations, 1911
Consists of English translations of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac and three of Theophile Gautier's short stories by Thomas Maxwell Henry (Princeton Class of 1879), an American lawyer.
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